The Australian drama „Awol” tells the story of a young woman named Johanna „Joey”, aged around 18 or 19 years old, played by Lola Kirke. She is at the crossroads of life just after her teenage years, just finishing highschool and in search of direction in her small town just like her grandmother would wish.
A visit to an army recruiting office appears to provide a path, but when she meets and falls in love with 27 years old Rayna played by Breeda Wool, that path diverges in ways that neither woman anticipates. Rayna is married of convenience with a truckdriver and has children,yet her passion for Joey amazes her and makes her want a whole new life with her lover, yet still she doesn`t want to ruin her young lover`s future.
The love they live makes them forget parts of their commitments : Rayna`s for her children and Joey`s for the army and they leave the Appalachia small town for Canada.
Loved the rural theme and how souls are divided in between earth, poverty, love and guilt of social commitment.
A new breath on the lesbian movie small and big screens. How will it end? Just watch it !
AWOL — which has been honored by the Kansas City LGBT Film Festival, qFLIX Philadelphia, and the North Carolina Gay & Lesbian Film Festival — got its start as a short film at Sundance in 2011. At a Q&A after the feature-length film’s world premiere at the Tribeca this spring, Deb Shoval noted that AWOL, which is an indulgent yet brief 80 minutes, took an arduous four years to make.
The movie was directed by Deb Shoval, making her feature directorial debut by adapting her own short film of the same name. The screenplay was written by and Deb Shoval.
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http://www.lesbian-interest.com/awol-2017-lesbian-movie/
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